Saturday, November 1, 2008

Ruth 1:16-17 NLT"Don't ask me to leave you and turn back. I will go wherever you go and live wherever you live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. I will die where you die and will be buried there. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!"

Woman many times under estimate their worth. We tend to think what we say or do really has no effect on those around us. How have we come to such a negative attitude?

On the news the other night, they ran a short news report about a woman named Rosa Parks. Rosa was a seamstress. One day on the way home from work, she was tired of her job and tired of years of mistreatment, and she refused to give up her seat on a bus simply because of the color of her skin. Rosa was arrested and fingerprinted because what she did was a violation of the city law. This happened in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. But the good news is that her actions lead to a Supreme Court ruling that segregatioen in transportation was unconstitutional. Her stand in 1955 made the difference to women all over the world.

The Bible has so many stories much the same:

Remember how Moses' mother protected and raised her son in the ways of God in such a time of danger?

Remember how Deborah's wisdom, leadership and courage stood out during a time of corruption, deceit and weakness that was running strong among God's people?

Remember how Hannah begged God for a child and then gave him back to God to be used?

Remember how Ruth was faithful to her mother-in-law, Naomi? God honored her because of this faithfulness by giving her a son, David. David and her line of descendants go back to the Messiah.

Remember Jehosheba and her act of defiance to hide the last living true heir in the line of David, partnering with God to keep His promises alive?

Remember Martha and Mary, the sisters of Lazarus, and how they played a crucial role in the life and ministry of Jesus?

Remember Mary, the mother of Jesus? She was told the unbelievable and yet offered herself to be fully used of the Lord.

In Jesus' live and ministry, the power of one woman is demonstrated again and again in the Bible. We could list mamy more. But the main point is that they were chosen to remind us of the power that one godly woman has to influene others.

If you are a woman, please remind your friends, daughters, mothers, (yourself) etc., that they play a vital role in this Story of Faith.

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Shadow Truth: The Ultimate Deception

This is the book everyone is afraid of. The humanist-driven left is afraid that their tried and proven tactics will be revealed. The moral conservative right is afraid to face the fact that they are doing little, if anything to combat the successful leftist agenda. The left is afraid that the right might finally take a stand, and the right is afraid to let their light of morality and conservatism shine for all to see.

With little warning, our society came to celebrate lifestyles that we once considered to be very wrong. Birth control pills are being provided to eleven year olds without parental consent. An entitlement state of mind is encouraging people not to work. We are being pressured to wish others "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas."

How could we have lost control of the world we live in? We got to where we are through a seemingly innocent and logical progression of societal change. Mankind has fallen for the most cunning deception known to man. This ultimate deception is known as Shadow Truth.

The Journey: Searching for the Promised Land

The Journey is a novel which paints a vivid picture of the Exodus journey from a vantage point not normally discussed. Most discussions of the Exodus story are from Moses' perspective, what Moses did, and what Moses thought about the unruly and unbelieving Hebrew people he was guiding to the Promised Land.This book is focused on one Hebrew family out of several million people who actually followed Moses out of Egypt and on to the Promised Land. Without radio, TV, or newspapers the typical Hebrew person probably never had a chance to hear Moses speak. Most everyone had to rely on messengers and rumors for their information.The reader is drawn into the mindset of the common Hebrew, and is permitted to visualize the basis of the people's lack of faith and their resulting rebellion. The reader soon realizes that The Journey is not a story about a people's journey to another land; and it is not a story about a great man of God named Moses. It is a story about you and me. It is a story about our Journey to the realization of the many gifts that God has promised us. For ordering information check out www.tatebook.com. Also can be ordered from www.amazon.com.

Conversations with a Stranger

Is there a God? What is God? Where is God? This book probes these age-old questions in Conversations with a Stranger, a quest to find proof that God exists. Through a coincidental encounter with a stranger in a coffee shop, one man has the courage to ask daunting life questions that would shape the course of his future. However, what they ultimately stumble upon was far beyond anything they could have ever imagened. Check out http://www.tatebook.com/. This book is also offered at http://www.amazon.com/, http://www.barnesandnoble.com/, and other web sites.